Every year the 7th grade science teacher has the kids make hot air balloons out of tissue paper and glue. Then on a calm, COLD morning, the maintenance crew brings down their equipment(don't ask me to explain it) and we launch the balloons.
Last year Mr. Eisley (the Science teacher) and Mr. Pulsipher (the Social Studies teacher) got the crazy idea to make a MEGA BALLOON out of black plastic and strapping tape. I must admit, I giggled a lot and NEVER believed it would work.
And then the dang thing took off. It went higher, and higher and higher. People all over town were calling about the UFO. We had to hurry and alert the power plant, the airport, etc. Mr.P tried to track it down, but after driving well into New Mexico, the balloon was never seen again.
Fast forward to this year. The plans were for a bigger, better balloon. They spent 3 days designing and building the MEGA-BALLOON-TO-END-ALL-BALLOONS! A face was painted on it, and an address was added so we could track where it ended up.
And then . . . it was GO time.
Last year Mr. Eisley (the Science teacher) and Mr. Pulsipher (the Social Studies teacher) got the crazy idea to make a MEGA BALLOON out of black plastic and strapping tape. I must admit, I giggled a lot and NEVER believed it would work.
And then the dang thing took off. It went higher, and higher and higher. People all over town were calling about the UFO. We had to hurry and alert the power plant, the airport, etc. Mr.P tried to track it down, but after driving well into New Mexico, the balloon was never seen again.
Fast forward to this year. The plans were for a bigger, better balloon. They spent 3 days designing and building the MEGA-BALLOON-TO-END-ALL-BALLOONS! A face was painted on it, and an address was added so we could track where it ended up.
And then . . . it was GO time.
3. . .2. . .1. . . Lift-off!
It's Climbing. . .
And off it goes, into the wild, blue yonder. . .
This one flew quickly east of town. Within minutes, it was out of sight. Unfortunately, it also quickly landed out past the railroad tracks. By lunchtime, the school had received an unhappy phone call from a "40-acre" man wanting it cleaned up really quickly. I just knew that whole address thing was a mistake! Come to think of it, I'm not sure how Mr. Eisley handled that one. But for the kids, it was a great to see all their hard work pay off. I just can't wait to see what they come up with next year.
2 comments:
wow....I seriously could not have imagined how big this was! Thanks for the pictures! Amazing. I love SJ and all the fun things you do there!
That seems like such fun. Abbie loved it! Too bad 40 acre man wasn't as impressed as we all were!
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